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DiYVR: Doing It Yourself, With Others

DiYVR is a weekly spotlight on all things handmade, done-by-oneself, crafted and hacked around Vancouver, featuring profiles of makers, event announcements, exhibits and general DIY fun.

Oct 18, 2011 11:14 AM Read more >

The Proof - Mark Busse

"In the days well before Twitter, Mark's fingers were fused together with model glue. Constant rubbing on his black velvet posters in his pre-Harry Potter, Harry Potter-like closet left him with black, glued together fingers.

Oct 18, 2011 10:00 AM Read more >

Amplifying Amplify with The Ruffled Feathers

Remember when we announced a while back that VIA and Media Democracy Day were teaming up once again to bring you a fantastic evening of local music and fun? Well we thought we’d introduce you to the lovely bands that’ll be serenading your ear holes o

Oct 18, 2011 9:04 AM Read more >

The Redhead Down The Lane...Ali Milner!

Another week, another cover and Ms Ali Milner made it through to the next episode of Cover Me Canada on CBC. Now it's our turn once more to give her VOTES , Facebook likes , YouTube views , Tweets , and support from our awesome community...

Oct 17, 2011 5:09 PM Read more >

DAILY FLICKR PICKR DAY 614

Every day we share a single photo from our Flickr Pool shot by one of our faithful and talented readers (that’s you!) Well, the fog rolled in this weekend, right on schedule. Brought a chill with it too, I reckon.

Oct 17, 2011 4:54 PM Read more >

A Stranger A Day Week – Stranger #54

I started this project called A Stranger A Day to overcome my shyness and talk to people. The challenge: talk to a stranger a day for a year of my life and try to convince them to let me take a picture and share a story.

Oct 17, 2011 12:40 PM Read more >

How Do You Do - an introduction

Imagine1Day is a Vancouver-based charitable organization whose mission is simple: work with Ethiopia to create quality education for everyone, to be sustained free of foreign aid.

Oct 17, 2011 9:57 AM Read more >

START YOUR WEEK RIGHT WITH THE V.I.A. WEEKLY PLAYLIST WEEK 89: Sidney York

SCENE AND HEARD showcases the independent music scene here in Vancouver. With 27,022+ artists , boasting 125,265+ tracks , the CBC Radio 3 web site is the absolute ultimate authority, and the home, of independent music in Canada.

Oct 17, 2011 9:28 AM Read more >

Crowdsourced Sunday Volume Eighteen

Welcome to Crowdsourced Sunday Monday, a curated batch of photos from our Twitter followers. On Saturdays we send out some tweets from our @VIAwesome account, asking our followers to tweet us photos of interesting things from their day.

Oct 17, 2011 9:14 AM Read more >

Amplifying Amplify with Sidney York